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Social influence
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The effect of other people on our thoughts, perceptions and behaviors
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Stanley Milgram : Obedience to Authority
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Designed as a learning experiment with experimenter playing "scientist" and confederate playing role of "learner", real subject is assigned role of "teacher", design: teacher ordered scientist to deliver shocks to learner after mistakes, obedience measured by how intense a shock the subject (teacher) is willing to give, the closer the subject got to the learner, the less obedient he was,effect of peers around was also lessening of obedience
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Experiment
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Research method designed to elicit some sort of behavior, typically conducted under closely controlled laboratory circumstances
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Some key pts from Milgram's experiment
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-expirmental study-social influence: effect of other ppl on our thoughts, perceptions and behaviors-most effective way of limiting obedience was to have the subject's peers rebel-people undestimated the effect of social influence when explaining their own behavior-interviews with some subjects revealed their ability to interpret the situation by drawing upon their own experiences and beliefs
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Achieved status
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Social position acquired through our own efforts or accomplishments or taken on voluntarily
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Ascribed status
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Social position acquired at birth or taken on involuntarily later in life
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Coalition
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Subgroup of a triad, formed when two members unite against the third member
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Conflict perspective
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Theoretical perspecitve that view the structure of society as a source of inequality that always benefits some groups at the expense of other groups, Carl Marx, have and have-nots
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Culture
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Language, values, beliefs, rules, behaviors and artifacts that characterize a society
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Dyad
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Group consisting of 2 ppl
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Feminist perspective
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Theoretical perspective that focuses on gender as the most imp source of conflict and inequality in social life
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Globalization
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Process through which people's lives all around the world become economically, politically, environmentally and culturally interconnected
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Group
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Set of people who interact more or less regularly and who are conscious of their identity as a unit
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In-groups
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The groups to which we belong and toward which we feel a sense of loyalty
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Latent function
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Unintended, unrecognized consequences of activities that help some part of the social system
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